Oliver!

1968 · directed by Carol Reed

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes
Prestige lists
Oscar Winner

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

Oliver! (1968), directed by Carol Reed, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Ron Moody
  • Shani Wallis
  • Oliver Reed
  • Harry Secombe
  • Mark Lester
  • Jack Wild
  • Joseph O'Conor
  • Peggy Mount
  • Hylda Baker
  • Megs Jenkins

Crew

  • Oswald Morris — Director of Photography
  • Ralph Kemplen — Editor
  • Johnny Green — Original Music Composer
  • Lionel Bart — Original Music Composer
  • Vernon Harris — Screenplay

More from Carol Reed

  1. The Third Man (1949) — 99/100 · hit
  2. The Fallen Idol (1948) — 82/100 · hit
  3. Odd Man Out (1947) — 82/100 · hit
  4. Our Man in Havana (1960) — 80/100 · hit
  5. Night Train to Munich (1940) — 79/100
  6. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) — 77/100

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